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The Science Communication Conference - Scotland Building effective partnerships for a science society The Scottish Executive has made funds available to the BA to support a bursary scheme for the Science Communication Conference - Scotland. The conference is being held on 6-7 April 2006 at Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. A draft programme and application form are available online http://www.the-ba.net/ScienceinSociety/ PLEASE NOTE: *****Only 5 days left to submit your bursary application***** *****Bursary application deadline is Monday 6 March, 5pm***** BURSARIES covering conference fees, travel and accommodation will be awarded to the following groups: * scientists interested in science communication or science communication students * freelancers/microbusiness (fewer than 10 employees) * campaigning groups * delegates travelling from remote or rural locations * representatives of the BA Branch network A maximum of four bursaries will be awarded in each category. Additional bursaries may be awarded depending on the level of interest within each target group. Bursaries will be awarded solely on how applicants intend to disseminate information from the conference to others in their field. The Science Communication Conference - Scotland is organised by the BA with the support of the Scottish Executive, Careers Scotland, SETPOINT Scotland, SEAs, NESTA and ecsite-UK. Working Lunches are supported by Sciencewise. ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System on behalf of the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) ________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.org.uk **********************************************************************